David Purdy

David Purdy is a social economist, formerly at Manchester University, now retired. He is a member of Democratic Left Scotland, resident in Stirling.

Communism and democracy – a living legacy

Political actors must always reckon with natural limits, structural bias, institutional inertia, vested interests and the actions of their opponents, not to mention irreducible uncertainty about the future. Book review.

By David Purdy

/ 27 Apr 2018

Giving up a promising career

Geoff Andrews’ biography of James Klugmann: The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle (London: I.B.Tauris, 2015) A review.

By David Purdy

/ 13 Jan 2016